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ABEL H. -FROST AND FRED L. BRYANT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORS TO AMES 8t FROST, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,384, dated October 27, 1885.

Application filed July 5, 1883. Serial No. 99,973.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ABEL H. FRosr and FRED L. BRYANT, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cot- Beds; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to folding head-rests for that class of cots in which the bed-frame is permanently extended and in which the headrest, and, usually, the legs also, fold, to enable the cot to be brought into small compass for packing away or shipment. The improvement herein described is, however, strictly independent of the folding or other constructions of the legs, and may be used to enable the head rest or support to be set at a considerable angle with the main bed-frame, or in or nearly in the same plane therewith.

To this end the invention consists, generally, in the combination, with the main cotframe, of a headrest pivoted thereto or flexibly joined therewith and two or more relatively-changeable points or fulcrums by which the head-rest may be supported in different positions. In this class of cots usually an upholstered bottom is stretched or extended continuously over the main body of the cot and over the head-rest frame. As heretofore constructed, the head-rest frame, pivoted by a fixed axis to the side rails, is in packing folded inwardly upon or toward the central part of the bed,and when extended is supported by resting upon the end bar of the main frame; but when the cot is thus made the inward folding of the head-rest only serves to shorten its length, and does not materially narrow its compass otherwise. In the construction here shown it is not intended in packing the cotto fold the head-rest inwardly, but rather to lower the head-rest to a position more nearly in the same plane with the side rails or body of the cot, thus leaving the cot of the full extended length, but making it thinner or more compactvertically, whereby when two are placed with their upholstered surfaces in contact they will occupy less aggregate space.

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In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one end of the cot-frame having the improved head-rest applied thereto. Fig. 2

is a central vertical longitudinal section of the bed-frame, cutting the cross-bars thereof, and showing one form of attachment of the headrest, with the latter in its more elevated position for use. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing the head-rest lowered. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top view of the matters shown in the preceding figures. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a complete cot-frame and head-rest in position for use. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the same folded.

A A are the side rails, and B is an end rail, of the cot-frame. O O are folding legs connected by cross-bars c, and pivoted to the side rails, A, at 0. D is the frame of the headrest, consisting, as here shown and as preferably constructed, of a single piece of bent wood having its parallel sides of such a distance apart as to enter between the opposite side rails, A A, as indicated more clearly in Figs. 1 and 4. The head-rest frame D is supported both in its more elevated and in its lowered or more nearly horizontal position by the end bar, 13.

A preferred construction for varying the inclination or position of the head-rest is shown in the drawings, in which the frame D is pivoted to the ends of short metal plates or links E by pivot-pins d, said links being in turnpivotally secured at their opposite ends to the inner surfaces of the side rails, A, by pivotpins 6. By drawing the frame D outward endwise of the cot and then bearing down upon the outer or overhanging part of the said frame D, the latter will obviously be brought into the position shown in Fig. 3, or more or less nearly in line or parallel with the side rails, according to the length of the plates or links E between their several pivotal points, d and e also, by drawing the head-rest frame outward when in this last-mentioned position, and depressing the inner ends of its parallel arms, the said head-rest will be given the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2-or, in other words, will be given the desired elevation or inclination for use. In order that the frame D may be retained in the elevated position last described, a stop of some sort should be provided on the inner face of each rail, against which the ends of the frame D may strike. For this purpose the angle-plates O, beneath which the legs 0 are pivoted, serve in the present case. In the absence of these angle-plates the legs themselves may serve; or special stops of any other description may be employed.

In pivoted head-rests for cot-frames as heretofore constructed the head-rest frame has usually been made of three or more pieces framed together-that is to say, of two side bars and one or more cross-bars framed into the side bars. By making the head-rest frame D of a single piece of bent wood, as shown, the necessity of cross-bars is avoided, and the said frame and the structure as a whole is materiallylightened and cheapened. In a folding cot which requires and is intended to be frequently handled this is an important consideration.

' We claim as our invention 1. In a cot, the combination, with main frames A A and a head-rest frame, D, the main upon the main frame for the head-frame, of 5 stops, as 0, upon the main frame, located in position to engage the head-rest frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our joint invention we affix our signatures in 0 presence of two Witnesses.

ABEL H. FROST.

FRED L. BRYANT.

Witnesses:

M. E. DAYTON, JESSE COX, Jr. 

